If you'd rather live surrounded by pristine objects than by the traces of happy memories, stay focused on tangible things. Otherwise, stop fixating on stuff you can touch and start caring about stuff that touches you.

The really potent part of love is that it allows you to carry around beliefs about yourself that make you feel special, desirable, precious, innately good. Your lover couldn't have seen [these qualities] in you, even temporarily, if they weren't part of your essential being.

Imagine the choices you'd make if you had no fear-of falling, of losing, of being alone, of disapproval.

Question every thought that causes suffering and test it against your own sense of truth.

When you're weary, find relief. When you're strong, find delight.

If you want to end your isolation, you must be honest about what you want at a core level and decide to go after it.

Seek art from every time and place, in any form, to connect with those who really move you.